2 Ways to Install VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10

VeraCrypt is free, open-source disk encryption software that is forked from TrueCrypt, which became defunct since May 2014. VeraCrypt is available for Linux, Mac OS, Windows, DragonFly BSD and Android. In this tutorial we are going to learn how to install VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10.

There’re many reasons to use a disk encryption software like VeraCrypt. For instance, if you use cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, pCloud, etc.), you may want to encrypt your files before uploading them to ensure only you can see your files.

At the time of this writing, the latest stable version was VeraCrypt 1.19, released on October 17, 2016. First let’s see how to install it from PPA, which is the easier way. If you don’t trust a third-party PPA, then you can follow the second method to install VeraCrypt.

Installing VeraCrypt 1.19 on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 from PPA

Open up a terminal window and run the following commands to add VeraCrypt Ubuntu PPA, update package index and install the veracrypt package.